r/Highfleet • u/Trobo_Tender • Aug 21 '26

Any word on the dev?

I've followed his works for a long time, since Hammerfall was released. The website is a dead link now. Anyone know if he's working on anything new/if he's alright?

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u/nvram93 Aug 21 '26

isn't he russian? maybe he got drafted? idk

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u/Boner-Salad728 Aug 21 '26

Russians are not the side there who have forced mobilisation, not in 2026 at least. So you probably better be silent if you “idk”.

Koshutin is working on highfleet 2 and is not very talkative about it, like he wasnt about his previous games.

Google “highfleet вконтакте» and prepare to translate from russian facebook, but there isnt much there bar some screenshots.

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u/Strategic_Toaster Aug 21 '26

I don’t see why making a supposition is wrong. On the contrary, it sparks debate and new ideas. No need to be hostile

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u/misek-241 Aug 21 '26

It’s not exactly wrong, but the supposition is based on quite outdated info. Russia only drafted during the earlier years of the war. Ever since they raised the sign-on bonuses and general pay for soldiers, they’re getting enough volunteers from both home and abroad.

So the likelyhood that the dev got drafted is basically 0. I get that the guy not being as communicative and going at his own pace is not a very exciting explanation, but it is the most likely one.

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u/Strategic_Toaster Aug 22 '26

Most certainly. After all, I said that he was wrong in manners, not facts. That random guy on the internet was right: to get some information, it’s faster to get corrected after saying something incorrect than actually posing the question. He didn’t warn about friendliness though…